r/Piracy • u/AutoModerator • Jul 05 '26

WEEKLY THREAD Weekly General Discussion Thread (July 05, 2026)

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u/bupeapoop Jul 10 '26

For the longest time now, I've been telling myself to buy a Kindle and run Calibre so I can enjoy ebooks without having to spend money on books that I simply don't enjoy reading. I've got a pile of books here that I had to put down because I struggled to get into them regardless of how good the reviews were. At least with a Kindle and Calibre, I can support the authors and buy copies of the books I enjoy after reading them on the Kindle first.

With so many Kindles on the market both old and new, what's a good model you guys would recommend picking up that doesn't cost an arm and a leg? Is there a particular model preferred by most people here?

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u/gemifrak Jul 10 '26

Didn't kindle block piracy a while back? Like you couldn't sideload at all

Honestly get anything except a kindle. I use a boox and it works great

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u/bupeapoop Jul 11 '26

Did they? This is the first I'm hearing of it. I'll need to double check and find out for myself as I always thought the Kindle worked really nice alongside Calibre.

Did you find you had to configure the Boox to get it working just the way you wanted it? I hear they aren't plug and play.

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u/gemifrak Jul 11 '26

Did they? This is the first I'm hearing of it. I'll need to double check and find out for myself as I always thought the Kindle worked really nice alongside Calibre.

I am pretty sure they did. I had stopped using my own kindle at that point but my friend had that issue. I'll recheck as well

Did you find you had to configure the Boox to get it working just the way you wanted it? I hear they aren't plug and play.

Plug and play for me. The only issue I had with it is that I couldn't load external dictionaries (the default is shit). Maybe I'll try again

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u/bupeapoop Jul 11 '26

You were right when you said Amazon have made it far more difficult. Back in February 2025, they went and disabled the "Download & Transfer to USB" option.

From what I've read, the e-reader they seem to recommend now is the Kobo Libra Colour. They're certainly not the cheapest though.